Chapter 18.35
LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT (ML)
Sections:
18.35.050 Off-street parking and loading.
18.35.080 Performance standards.
18.35.090 Single-family residences.
18.35.100 Multiple-family residential apartments.
18.35.010 Purposes.
A. Light Manufacturing District (ML). The light manufacturing district is intended to provide sites for activities which require processing, fabrication, storage and wholesale trade. Generally, these activities require reasonable accessibility to the highway network and/or rail system. [Ord. 564 § 2(b), 2017; Ord. 371 § 6(A), 1997.]
18.35.020 Uses.
Table 6A lists examples of allowable uses in the ML district. Review of all proposed manufacturing uses is mandatory.
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“P” – Permitted uses; “C” – Conditional uses which may be permitted subject to the approval of a conditional use permit; “X” – Uses specifically prohibited. |
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ML |
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A. Services – Retail, Amusements. |
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1. Veterinary or dog and/or cat hospital, and kennels or boarding places. |
C |
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2. All types of automobile, motorcycle, truck and equipment sales, service, repair and rental. |
C |
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3. Boat building, sales and repair. |
C |
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4. Fuel oil distributors. |
X |
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5. Retail or combination retail/wholesale lumber and building materials yards. |
P |
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6. Mobile home, trailer sales, storage and rental. |
P |
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7. Blacksmith shops. |
P |
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8. Race tracks, auto or motorcycle. |
X |
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9. Railroad tracks and facilities within 300 feet of residential zone. |
C |
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B. Assembly – Manufacture of Products. |
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1. Assembly and fabrication of sheet metal products. |
P |
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2. Assembly, manufacture, compounding or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared material: bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, lacquer, leather, paper, plastics, precious or semiprecious metals or stones, shell textiles, tobacco, wood (excluding sawmills, lumber mills and planing mills), yarns and paint. |
C |
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3. Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging, or the treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, perfumed toilet soap, toiletries, food and beverage products. |
P |
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4. Manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay. |
P |
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5. Manufacture and maintenance of electric and neon signs, billboards or commercial advertising structures. |
P |
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6. Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties, rubber or metal stamps. |
P |
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7. Manufacture of optical goods, scientific and precision instruments and equipment. |
P |
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8. Manufacture of artificial limbs, hearing aids, dentures, surgical instruments and dressings, and other devices employed by the medical and dental professions. |
P |
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9. Manufacture and/or assembly of communication equipment and electronic equipment and supplies. |
P |
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10. Printing, publishing and bookbinding. |
P |
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11. Manufacture of asbestos products. |
X |
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12. Manufacture of cable, transmission. |
P |
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13. Manufacture of cans. |
X |
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14. Manufacture of candles. |
X |
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15. Manufacture of guns. |
C |
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16. Manufacture of ammonia. |
X |
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17. Manufacture of anti-knock compounds for gasoline. |
X |
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18. Manufacture of carborundum (abrasives). |
X |
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19. Manufacture of cellulose and cellulose products. |
X |
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20. Manufacture of insecticide and fungicide. |
X |
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21. Manufacture of paper and byproducts of paper. |
P |
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22. Manufacture of paint, oil (linseed), shellac, turpentine, lacquer or varnish. |
X |
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23. Manufacture of phenol or phenol products. |
X |
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24. Manufacture of roofing paper or shingles, asphalt. |
X |
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25. Manufacture of acid. |
X |
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26. Manufacture and storage of explosives. |
X |
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C. Processing and Storage. |
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1. Spinning or knitting of cotton, wool, flax or other fibrous materials. |
P |
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2. Wholesale business, storage buildings and warehouses. |
C |
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3. Cold storage plants, including storage and office. |
P |
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4. Processing uses such as bottling plants, creameries, laboratories, blueprinting and photocopying, tire retreading, recapping and rebuilding. |
P |
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5. Storage or sale yard for building materials, contractors’ equipment, house mover, delivery vehicles, transit storage, and used equipment in operable condition. |
C |
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6. Brewery, distillery or winery. |
C |
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7. Junkyards or wrecking yards. |
C |
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8. Grain elevator and flour milling. |
X |
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9. Sawmills, lumber mills, planing mills and molding plants. |
X |
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10. Animal or boneblack processing. |
X |
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11. Junk, rags, paper or metal salvage, storage or processing. |
X |
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12. Rolling, drawing or alloying ferrous and nonferrous metals. |
X |
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13. Rubber, treatment or reclaiming plant. |
X |
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14. Slaughterhouse. |
X |
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15. Distillation of bones. |
X |
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16. Major petroleum storage and/or refining. |
X |
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17. Fat rendering. |
X |
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18. Incinerator or reduction of garbage, offal, dead animals or refuse. |
X |
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D. Aggregate Products. |
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1. Stone, marble and granite monument works. |
X |
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2. Manufacture of brick, tile or terra cotta. |
X |
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3. Manufacture of clay products. |
X |
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4. Concrete mixing plant. |
X |
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5. Manufacture of concrete products. |
X |
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6. Crusher, stone or rock. |
X |
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7. Manufacture of cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris. |
X |
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8. Manufacture of concrete products entirely within an enclosed building. |
C |
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9. Surface mining and quarries, subject. |
X |
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E. Other. |
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1. Welding shop. |
P |
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2. Existing residential uses, without any increase in density, and dwelling unit for caretaker on the property. |
P |
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3. Administrative, educational, and other related activities and facilities in conjunction with a permitted use. |
P |
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4. Agriculture. |
P |
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5. Silviculture. |
P |
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6. Off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities, subject to state siting criteria (RCW 70.105.210). |
P |
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7. Airports and helicopters, subject. |
C |
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8. Truck terminal. |
X |
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9. Duplexes or two-family dwellings; triplexes, four-plexes, or other multifamily dwellings; dwelling groups; apartment houses; townhouses; or other multifamily dwellings (subject to the provisions of YMC 18.35.100). |
C |
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10. Single-family residences (subject to the provisions of YMC 18.35.090). |
C |
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F. Public Services and Facilities. |
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1. Buildings and other structures such as police and fire substations. |
P |
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2. Educational institutions. |
C |
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3. Sewer, water and utility transmission lines. |
P |
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4. Residential care facilities and homes. |
X |
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5. Congregate care facilities. |
X |
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6. Utility substation facilities. |
C |
[Ord. 564 § 2(b), 2017; Ord. 563 § 2(h), 2017; Ord. 515 § 2(d), 2014; Ord. 371 § 6(B), 1997.]
18.35.030 Accessory uses.
On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities shall be permitted in the ML district, subject to Washington State siting criteria (RCW 70.105.210). [Ord. 564 § 2(b), 2017; Ord. 371 § 6(C), 1997.]
18.35.040 Lot requirements.
Table 6B lists examples of allowable uses in the ML district. New lots and structures and additions to structures subject to this title shall comply with the standards for lots, building height, setbacks and building separation described in Table 6B.
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Minimum lot area |
10,000 sq. feet |
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Minimum lot width |
100 feet |
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Minimum lot depth |
100 feet |
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Height limit |
None |
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Minimum building setback* |
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Front/street side |
20 feet |
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Side (interior) |
10 feet |
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c. |
Rear |
15 feet |
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Maximum building coverage |
50 percent |
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Minimum landscaped area/type |
20 percent/L1* |
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* Additional setbacks and/or landscape requirements may apply, particularly adjoining residential uses or zones. See Chapter 18.75 YMC.
[Ord. 564 § 2(b), 2017; Ord. 371 § 6(D), 1997.]
18.35.050 Off-street parking and loading.
Off-street parking and loading shall be provided as required in Chapter 18.70 YMC. [Ord. 564 § 2(b), 2017; Ord. 371 § 6(E), 1997.]
18.35.060 Landscaping.
Landscaping and buffers shall be provided as required in Table 12, Chapter 18.75 YMC. [Ord. 564 § 2(b), 2017; Ord. 371 § 6(F), 1997.]
18.35.070 Signs.
Signs shall be permitted according to the provisions of Chapter 18.85 YMC. [Ord. 564 § 2(b), 2017; Ord. 371 § 6(G), 1997.]
18.35.080 Performance standards.
No land or structure shall be used or occupied within this district unless there is continuing compliance with the following minimum performance standards:
A. Maximum permissible noise levels shall be as determined by Chapter 173-60 WAC, as amended, and applicable provisions of this title.
B. Smoke and Particulate Matter. Air emissions must be approved by the Southwest Air Pollution Control Authority or its successor.
C. Heat and Glare. Except for exterior lighting, operations producing heat and glare shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed building. Exterior lighting shall be designed to shield surrounding streets and land uses from nuisance and glare. [Ord. 564 § 2(b), 2017; Ord. 371 § 6(H), 1997.]
18.35.090 Single-family residences.
Single-family residences are permitted as a conditional use in the light manufacturing district (ML). The regulations and minimum requirements for single-family residences in any residential zoning classification described in Chapter 18.25 YMC, as amended, shall apply as minimum standards to the location of any single-family residence in the light manufacturing zoning district of the town, except as those regulations and minimum requirements may be changed in the discretion and judgment of the town council and expressed in the conditional use permit. [Ord. 564 § 2(b), 2017; Ord. 549 § 1(h), 2016.]
18.35.100 Multiple-family residential apartments.
Duplexes or two-family dwellings; triplexes, four-plexes, or other multifamily dwellings; dwelling groups; apartment houses; townhouses; or other multifamily dwellings are permitted in the ML light manufacturing district as a conditional use. The following provisions apply to the location of such multifamily dwellings in the ML district:
A. Lot Requirements.
1. Lot Area. Minimum lot area shall be 6,000 square feet for the first unit, an additional 2,000 square feet (1,500 square feet if the size of an existing lot is less than 8,000 square feet for duplexes) for the second unit, and a minimum of 1,000 square feet of land for each additional dwelling unit over two units.
2. Front Yard. Minimum front yard setback shall be 20 feet.
3. Side Yard. Minimum side yard setback on each side of the residential dwelling shall be five feet, except on corner lots, where the street side yard setback shall be 20 feet.
4. Rear Yard. Minimum rear yard setback shall be five feet. The rear yard setback shall be increased by one-half foot for each foot by which the building height exceeds 15 feet.
5. Lot Coverage. Maximum lot coverage by buildings and structures shall be 50 percent of the total lot area.
6. Local Health Officer Authority. Where a public sewer system is not available, the local health officer shall have final authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny any development application for a multifamily residential structure (listed above) in the ML zoning district. No building or development permit for such multifamily residential structure may be issued by the town except in compliance with the conditions described in a recommendation for approval from the local health officer, who shall determine the minimum lot size, minimum land area, lot coverage criteria, dwelling density, soil condition standards, or such other standards and requirements as the local health officer is authorized by law or regulation to determine, as such law or regulation is now enacted or may hereafter be amended. [Ord. 564 § 2(b), 2017; Ord. 563 § 2(i), 2017.]